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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Japanese wrestling was mentioned, the inevitable question about jiu-jitsu was raised. Pat calls jiu-jitsu a type of "aesthetic dancing." A good wrestler can lick a jiu-jitsu expert any time, provided the combatants don't wear jackets while fighting, Pat declared. The art of jiu-jitsu is used to teach detectives, army and navy officers, G-men, and policemen how to disarm a man, and the numerous choke holds are the basis of the art. Choke holds cannot be used unless the opponent is wearing a jacket or coat which can be used as a lever...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford, | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER ? | 2/16/1939 | See Source »

...very highest type of swimming competition was seen in Ann Arbor Saturday night when Michigan took Yale by a 53 to 22 score. Waldemar Tomski, of the Wolverines, turned in three incredibly fast sprint races...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale-Michigan, Princeton-Navy Meets Produce Exceptional Times as Swimmers Crack Records | 2/14/1939 | See Source »

...must consider that if we don't meet this issue we will have foisted upon us some type of pension legislation by States that will be very harmful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIAL SECURITY: Pie from the Sky | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

Like Occidental music, Chinese falls into two camps: classical and popular. Most of what U. S. listeners hear (in Chinatown theatres and restaurants) belongs to the popular type. But last week Manhattanites got a chance to hear samples of China's classical music played by the highest-browed of China's highbrow musicians. The concert was sandwiched in as part of a show given by the Chinese Cultural Theatre Group, a troupe that had reached Manhattan by way of several west coast cities. Their play-acting was not up to Chinatown's level. But the music, delicately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chinese Music | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...Dispensations of this type are commonly granted, are canonically legal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 13, 1939 | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

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